Blackberry says its new app that opens up the proprietary BBM messaging platform to Android and Apple users was downloaded 10 million times in just over its first 24 hours of availability. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
To prevent disruptions and scale up its service while keeping costs down, Twitter has had to drastically change its core infrastructure, taking up open source tools while doing so. Check more from PCWorld.com
Unless you take special precautions, nothing you send by email is secure. That’s doubly true with Gmail, since Google uses the content of your messages to target advertising. Check out this great article from PCWorld.com
Finding just the right page among the billions on the Web requires not only a search engine but also a bit of know-how. Here is a selection of my favorite tips for searching the Web. Here’s more from MacWorld.com
What’s your personal strategy to staying productive even during explosively busy times? It’s easy to get sidetracked when your to-do list is a mile long, not to mention colleagues barging in and interrupting you every few minutes. From Open Forum comes these five productivity pointers from extremely busy CEOs, for incredibly busy people. Check out this article from MakeUSeOf.com
Anyone with a child knows the drill: You can hardly take your phone out of your pocket or sit down on the couch with your tablet without their grubby little hands reaching for it. Kids love our new touch-enabled computing world, and to be honest, tablets can be great tools for kids. The devices’ size and their touch-centric interfaces seem tailor-made for little people who don’t have fully developed motor skills. Check out this article from TechHive.com
The file names always begin with ~$, do you know what it means? Check out this article from PCWorld.com